The modern superhero in film and television : popular genre and American culture

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The modern superhero in film and television : popular genre and American culture

by Jeffrey A. Brown

(Routledge advances in comics studies, 2)

Routledge, 2017

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Hollywood's live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before. This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11. Superheroes have long been agents of hegemony, fighting for abstract ideals of justice while overall perpetuating the American status quo. Yet at the same time, the book explores how the genre has also been utilized to question and critique these dominant cultural assumptions.

目次

Introduction: The Live Action Superhero Genre 1. Hollywood Superheroes: Commercial Economy, Spectacle and the Universe 2. Supermen and Wonder Women: Gender Ideals and Live-Action Superheroes 3. Superheroes Rewriting 9/11 and Remasculinizing America 4. America, Nostalgia and Exceptionalism 5. Diversity and Marginalization 6. Spoofs, Parody and Camp Conclusion: Superhero Fatigue?

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB22618041
  • ISBN
    • 9781138897786
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    181 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
  • 親書誌ID
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